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Thomas Francois-Cartier
Python Attack

1910

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    HENRI CROS (1840-1907) Female Relief Plaque, polychrome enameled stoneware, c. 1895; signed in black ink verso: “H. Cros”, and a scrap of paper from A.A. Hebrard, Paris attached verso; measuring h: 11.25 x w: 9.38 inches. The symbolist bust in relief of a nude young woman with strawberry blonde hair is a depiction of pensive reverie. With lips slightly pursed, she is lost in thought, looking inward. The female visage hovering just over the nude’s shoulder, perhaps an allusion to a fountain, is by contrast flat and lifeless. With lips parted to reveal a watery blue orifice and wavy tresses of hair blending into a watery expanse, the purely decorative nature of the fountain’s face...
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    The virtuosic blending of color and texture shows how inventive decoration can triumph over nondescript form. Brightly colored drips of slurry clay cascade like melted wax down the two-handled jug-like body, whose shoulder and lower body exhibit impressed patterns and a watermelon rind glaze, respectively. Extruding bits of clay and a gold scalloped lip add to the impression that riotous decor has been imposed, rather than integrated, upon the vessel, transforming it from functional to purely decorative object. ERNST WHALISS: By the late 1880s, merchant Ernst Wahliss had established himself as Vienna’s leading retailer in porcelain and ceramic goods. He had run a ceramic store in Vienna since 1863, whose rapid international success enabled him to open stores in major European cities such as London and to supply many of the European royal families in ceramics of the highest quality. In 1894, Ernst Wahliss purchased the Alfred Stellmacher factory in Turn-Teplitz, Bohemia (in today’s Czech Republic), and began to produce decorative ceramics under the name “Ernst Wahliss Kunst, Porzellan und Fayence Fabrik.” After Ernst’s death in 1900, his son Gerhard Martin Wahliss acquired the factory in 1907 and continued to create a variety of functional and decorative items in earthenware and porcelain. The Serapis-Wahliss line, introduced in 1911, was made of white earthenware and decorated with geometrically stylized natural forms such as blossoms and peacock feathers. Hand painted with richly colored enamels, such decors represented the vanguard in Austrian ceramics...
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    By Paul Dachsel
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    Amphora: Begun in 1892 in Turn, Bohemia as a manufacturer of artistic porcelain, Amphora was the result of a partnership between members of an extended family, Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel. The firm quickly rose in prominence and, by 1896, it had earned the moniker, Court Supplier to the Imperial Court in Vienna. At the turn of the century, Bohemia produced 95% of all porcelain in the vast Hapsburg Empire, and Amphora was without an equal. Amphora’s reputation as a creative innovator and mark of quality went far beyond Europe’s borders. Amphora’s newly-introduced Gres-Bijou line won both popular and critical acclaim and was awarded the Grand Prize at the World’s Fair held in St. Louis in 1904. This was the acme of Amphora’s success. The following year, Artistic Director Eduard Stellmacher, left the company on the heels of creative designer and modeler, Paul Daschel...
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  • Pair of "Pillar Vases" by Christiaan Johannes van der Hoef
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    Pair of Pillar Vases, by Christiaan Johannes van der Hoef (Dutch, 1875-1933), verdigris green glazed pottery with hand-painted decorative detail, c. 1900;...
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  • Bohemian Flux Vase
    Located in Chicago, IL
    BOHEMIAN FLUX: A VASE, kuk Fachschule für Keramik und Verwandte Kunstgewerbe, Turn-Teplitz, c. 1905; the ceramic vase with a dark underglaze ground has a matte orange peel overglaze in ochre, apricot, lapis and celadon; the shape of the vase resembles a Japanese Saki bottle...
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  • Reverie Charger by Lucien Levy-Dhurmer for Clement Massier
    By Lucien Levy-Dhurmer
    Located in Chicago, IL
    Known today as a Symbolist painter, Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer made an unforgettable impact on France's ceramic revolution through his work with Clément Massier in Golfe-Juan between 1887 a...
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  • Cufflinks Red Gold Flower Vintage Black Porcelain Jewelry Men (MADE TO ORDER)
    By Melanie Sherman
    Located in Kansas City, MO
    Melanie Sherman Cufflinks with Red & Gold Flowers on Black Porcelain Dimensions: 20mm x 17mm x 17mm Materials: Porcelain, Glaze, Vintage Decal Metal type: Brass COA Provided * These pieces are made to order any may exceed the 10 Day Shipping time frame Melanie Sherman is a ceramic artist, born in Germany and currently residing and working in Kansas City, Missouri. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in ceramics from the Kansas City Art Institute. Her background is in graphic design, where she developed an eye for pattern and decoration. In her ceramics she combines her love for ornamentation and her fascination with the history of ceramics, referencing 18th century European porcelain...
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    Melanie Sherman Cufflinks with Red & Gold Flowers on Black Porcelain Dimensions: 20mm x 17mm x 17mm Materials: Porcelain, Glaze, Vintage Decal Metal type: Brass COA Provided Melanie Sherman is a ceramic artist, born in Germany and currently residing and working in Kansas City, Missouri. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in ceramics from the Kansas City Art Institute. Her background is in graphic design, where she developed an eye for pattern and decoration. In her ceramics she combines her love for ornamentation and her fascination with the history of ceramics, referencing 18th century European porcelain...
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  • Memento Mori Skull with Rosary on Bible Zsolnay, Art Nouveau c. 1900
    By Miklos Zsolnay
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  • Amphora Mystical Art Nouveau Ceramic Candelstick World’s Fair 1900
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  • Amphora RStK Biomorphic Art Nouveau Ceramic Candlestick att. Paul Dachsel
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